Friday Random 10 - and one to grow on

Yeah, yeah. I'm a terrible blogger.
Remember that poem-a-day thing? Hey, that's hard work!
Remember that Friday-Random-10 thing? Hey, here it is!

1. The Doves -- Last Broadcast
I bought *this* album (The Last Broadcast) on the strength of another album that I never bought (the "About a Boy" soundtrack). It's good, very catchy, but mellow. In fact, it's bordering on *too* mellow. Kind of like this song...

2. The Verve -- Bitter Sweet Symphony
This is just an incredible song, there are no two ways about it. It's almost perfect.

3. Weezer -- My Best Friend
Weezer is a strange case. I almost always like their radio songs; I really want to like their albums (I keep buying them, after all), but I almost never do. I never *dislike* their albums, I just don't listen to them. Anyway, this is one of those songs that are completely unobjectionable and pleasant, but I probably wouldn't *choose* to listen to.

4. Elvis Costello with Brian Eno -- My Dark Life
Another song from the X-Files TV soundtrack. It's about 50/50. About half of the songs are really, really good and the other half are pretty mediocre. Though I love EC, this is one of the latter.

5. Blur -- Song 2
The prototypically perfect pop song.

6. Destiny's Child -- Bills, Bills, Bills
IIRC, this was DC's 'breakout' song. It still holds up. Plus, it's pretty funny.

7. Cake - Pretty Pink Ribbon
Cake is the DH's favorite band. I like a lot of their songs and find a lot of them virtually unbearable. Like this one.

8. James -- Born of Frustration
It would be no exaggeration to say that this song, and this album, saved my life. Well, maybe a *little* bit of an exaggeration. It was the end of my sophomore year; I was in a crappy dorm, my circle of friends was disbanding and rolling on and I began to realize that I hadn't escaped lonliness, I'd just outrun it for a while. I bought the album (Seven) on the strength of this song and the combination of optimism and existential malaise was just what I needed to keep me sane on those dark, depressing and lonely college days.

9. Youssou N'Dour -- Touba - Daru Salaam
It's World Music (whatever that means). This song is very bubbly and joyful and not *quite* my cup of tea; but it's interesting.

10. Pizzicato Five -- Readymade FM
This one doesn't really count cuz it's only 13 seconds long, so on to...

11. Wyclef -- Street Jeopardy
You know, I really like this CD (The Carnival), but this is probably my least favorite song on it. Go figure.